Unlimited Oxfordshire

THE OBJECT OF OXFORDSHIRE UNLIMITED (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS ‘THE CIO’) IS: TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE PRINCIPALLY IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORDSHIRE WITH A PHYSICAL AND/OR SENSORY DISABILITY WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY:- 1. WORKING WITH PROVIDERS OF EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, GOODS, FACILITIES AND SERVICES TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE 1995 DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT AND THE 2010 EQUALITY ACT WITH REGARD TO DISABILITY, THUS ENABLING PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL AND SENSORY DISABILITY TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY. 2. WORKING IN PARTICULAR WITH PROVIDERS OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES TO IMPROVE THEIR PROVISION, SO THAT PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL AND SENSORY DISABILITY ARE AFFORDED THE SAME RIGHTS AND LIFE CHOICES AS OTHERS IN SOCIETY. 3. PROVIDING INFORMATION AND SOCIAL CONTACTS THAT EMPOWER PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL AND SENSORY DISABILITY TO IDENTIFY THEIR NEEDS AND TO BUILD THEIR CAPACITY IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY. 4. RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE FACTORS THAT LEAD TO THE EXCLUSION OF PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL AND SENSORY DISABILITY AND ALSO OF THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF THEIR INCLUSION.